Supporting means for cans



March 17, 1925.

A. B. TINT surroa'rmc MEANS FOR CANS Filed May 8, 1923 Jnveniar:

Patented Mar. 17, 1925.

UNITED" STATES,

PATENT (OFFICE.

ALLEN B. TINT, OF NEW YORK, N. Y. ASSIGNOR T0 INDIAN REFINING COMPANY INC., 0]? NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF MAINE.

SUPPORTING MEANS non cans.

Application filed May 8, 1923. Serial No. 637,605.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, ALLEN B. TINT, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented an Improvement in Supporting Means for Ca ns, of which the following. when taken with the accompanying drawing. reference to which is here by made, is a specification.

I am aware that in the prior art means have been shown. to tilt such cans. My improvement has for its object the securing of a collapsible frame which will support the can in an upright position and the can so mounted thereon that it may be manually tilted to pour the oil.

Theadvantages of my improvement are:

(1) An empty can may be readily replaced without any mechanical adjustment.

(2) The supporting means is adaptable to cans in ordinary business use. p

(3) The supportingmeans is compact and without either complicated or unnecessary parts. I

(4;) It may befolded into a small unit by removing the can and the can retainer and folding the standards upon the basei '(5) It may be conveniently shipped and stored.

Reference is made to the accompanying drawing, which is a view in perspective of my improvement.

The parts of my invention are generally a supporting base 1. and 2. a supporting frame 6 and a containing frame 8 and 9.

The supporting base comprises four pieces of metal or other suitable material 1 and 2 fastened to each other by bolts (5 at the four connecting points and j tocleats b.

The parts 1 have tongues 3. The parts 2 are suitably bent at 4- to permit the parts 1 and 2 to form an even base.

The parts 2 have projecting tongues 5. Standards 6 are mounted movably in tongues 3 of parts 1 by bolts d and have a support-- ing yoke 7. Standards 6 have notches e,

to receive tongues 5 and thereby help to render the frame firm.

The standards 6 fold in upon the base.

)Vhen in upright position they are held firm by the projecting tongues 5 in notches e and the retaining frame.

' The retaining frame comprises two parts a lateral support 8 bolted atpoints f to the vertical support 9 which has trunnions 10 adapted to fit yokes 7. The can 11 is placed in the retaining frame and the whole is arranged so the can will normally remain in the vertical position but may be manually tipped forward to any angle desired.

The can 11 has a port and nozzle 12 positioned near the front side of the can so the contents may be drained.

The can ll may be readily removed from the supporting frame and replaced. The retaining frame may be readily lifted from the standards which maybe folded upon the base when'not in use.

I have shown and described my improvement and one embodiment thereof. I do not mean to limitmyself thereby and appreciate that changes and substitutions may be madetherein without departing from the I Y spirit of my invention.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is as follows:

In an improvement of the kind described, a base comprising four cross pieces at right angles, two of said cross pieces having projections at each end. extending upwardly.

two standards, each having a yoke, pivoted to said base notches in said standards to receive said projections and thereby sup port said standards, a retaining frame with trunnions mounted by said trunnions in the yokes of said standards and said standards held firmly in'upright position on said base by said retaining frame, projections and notches and foldable upon said base when said retaining frame is removed.

'Dated: April 23rd, 1923.

ALLEN B. TINT. [n 5.] In the presence of' AGNES REGAN, EARLE W. Fros'r. 

